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On August 20, 1989, the body of 43-year-old African-American woman Althene Hines was found in the bed of a 1972 Ford Courier pickup abandoned on NE Ivy Street just east of Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard in Portland. Her remains suggested she had been dead for some time; an autopsy determined she died of blunt force trauma.

Investigators established she was last seen alive on August 17, 1989, leading them to conclude the pickup was likely a dumping site rather than the scene of the killing. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests were made; the Portland Police Bureau lists the case as unsolved and has periodically asked the public for help, even offering a cash reward for information leading to an arrest.

Who knew Althene or might have information about where she was between August 17 and August 20, 1989?